In terms of technology, SAP rates highly as several organizations use their products and services for their end-to-end process management in a technology platform that is integrated. NetWeaver by SAP gives organizations the ability to bring different web applications and systems by third parties under a single platform. They aid companies that have already gotten some systems by third parties to protect such systems while supporting the growth of their business. Based on this, transformation products using SAP products are often very large and so are the clients. The most effective means of implementing the SAP is discussed below.

Planning stage

To start this stage, the committee in charge of overseeing the implementation should send out the individuals who would be responsible for leading the project, including those who would be in charge of IT, business and sponsoring for the program. They should consist of members of the organization so that they can continue to manage the system for the company. During this stage, the leadership of the project should be discussed with the major stakeholders so that the goals of their units can be integrated into the SAP. The project’s scope should also be reviewed so that decisions on the model of engagement can be made. The engagement model could either be the ‘Time and Materials’ model, where the client is expected to pay for goods and services on the basis of material, and time or the ‘Fixed Fee’ model, where a specific price is agreed upon for the entire project with the SAP partner.

Selection of technology

There are several factors that should be considered after adopting the SAP implementation. The factors include:

Ability to integrate the standard modules of the SAP with the functionality of the business including Pi, Bi, IS Solutions, MM, SD and FI-CO amongst others.

The organization being able to improve on the system internally, without having to contact the software vendor.

Capable of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Capable of healthy integration of external and internal systems

Able to support the growth of the business for a very long period of time including the performance, volume of data and functionality